Skids — Connecticut Permit Test

Skids on the Connecticut permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

Skids are caused when the tires can no longer grip the road, and they happen when a driver travels too fast for conditions.

A skid is a speed that was already wrong, arriving late. Nothing done at the wheel afterward is as good as not skidding.

Skids are caused when the tires can no longer grip the road.

Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.40

If your vehicle begins to skid, stay off the brake, because until the vehicle slows your brakes will not work and could make you skid more.

Braking in a skid asks a sliding tire to do the one thing it cannot, and it usually makes the slide worse.

If Your Vehicle Begins to Skid: • Stay off the brake. Until the vehicle slows, your brakes will not work and could cause you to skid more.

Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.40

In a skid, turn the steering wheel in the direction you want the vehicle to go, and as soon as it begins to straighten out, turn the wheel back the other way.

Straightening out is only half the recovery. Without the correction back, the car swings into a second skid.

As soon as the vehicle begins to straighten out, turn the steering wheel back the other way.

Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.40

Keep correcting your steering, left and right, until the vehicle is moving down the road under your control again.

A skid does not end in one movement. It ends when the driver stops needing to make the next correction.

Continue to correct your steering, left and right, until the vehicle is again moving down the road under your control.

Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.40

On the test

What causes a skid?

Tires that can no longer grip the road. A skid is a speed that was already wrong, arriving late. Nothing done at the wheel afterward is as good as not skidding. Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.40: “Skids are caused when the tires can no longer grip the road.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Connecticut Driver's Manual, published by the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.